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MAYA AND MEXICAN MANUSCRIPTS. 



Now, let us follow around this outer circle comparing it with our cal- 

 endar (Table I), or list of clays (Table II), which, as before stated, are 

 for the Cauac year only. 



As this is a Cauac year, we must commence with the Cauac charac- 

 ter No. 31, on the right border. Immediately to the left of this charac- 

 ter and almost in contact with it we see a single small dot. We take 

 for granted that this denotes 1 and that we are to begin with 1 Cauac. 

 This corresponds with the first day of the first month, that is, the top 

 number of the left-hand column of numbers in Table I or the first day 

 in Table II. Turning to the plate we run up the line of dots to the 

 character for Chuen (No. 32) ; immediately to the left of this we see two 



little bars and three dots '-^- or 13. 



Turning again to our table and running down the column of the first 

 month to the number 13 we find that it is Chuen, which is followed by 

 1 Eb. Turning again to the plate we observe that the character imme- 

 diately above Chuen is Eb., and that it; has adjoining it below a single 

 clot, or 1. Running from thence down the line of dots toward the cen- 

 ter we reach Kan, immediately above which is the character for 13. 

 Turning again to our table and starting with the 1 opposite Eb and 

 running to the bottom of the column which ends with 7 and passing to 

 8 at the top of the second column, and running down this to 13, or fol- 

 lowing clown our list of days (Table II), we find it to be Kan, which is 

 followed by 1 Chicchan. On the plate we see the character for Chicchan 

 (No. 35) immediately above that of Kan (No. 34), with a single small dot 

 touching it above. Running from this upward along the row of large 

 dots toward the outer corner we next reach the character for Caban (No. 

 36), adjoiniug which we see the numeral character for 13. 



Running our eye down the second column of the table, from 1 oppo- 

 site Chicchan to 13, we find it is opposite Caban, thus agreeing with 

 what we find in the plate. 



